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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 78-1 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE rand Subtitle; 



SHORELINE PLANT ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF A 

 WAVE-STILLING DEVICE 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfs; 



J.W. Webb 

 J.D. Dodd 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs; 



DACW72-74-C-0002 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Texas A§M University 



College Station, Texas 77843 



G31530 



II. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



January 1978 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



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16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (ol this Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Conlinue on reven 



East Bay, Texas 

 Erosion control 

 Plant establishment 



necessary and identify by 6/oc/c number^ 



Shoreline stabilization 

 Transplants 



Vegetation 

 Wave-stilling device 



20. ABSTRACT (Conlinue on reverse aide II necea&ary and identify by block number) 



The establishment and development of smooth cordgrass transplants on a 

 2-percent slope behind a wave-stilling device constructed of two tiers of 

 tires strung on a cable were monitored along the north shore of East Bay in 

 Texas. Two previous plantings on the sloped area, the first without wave 

 protection and the second behind one tier of tires, were unsuccessful. After 

 a second tier of tires was placed on top of tlie original tier, enough 

 protection was provided from waves to allow successful planting. A 0.15-meter 

 buildup of sediment occurred directly being the barrier. (continued) 



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